Choosing a ted that talks for me!

Choosing a ted talk is actually harder than it looks, the brief entails that i must choose a ted talk to make an animation, series of gifs, illustrations to accompany in it so whatever the content of the talk is it has to be made accessable information through illustrations that i make.

i’m awful at making decisions and always have to use a narrowing down method so here’s what makes me top 5!

Kelly mcgonigal – How to make stress you friend!

I’m always choosing subject matter than i can at very least empathise or be enthused by otherwise i am totally not on board, i need something to have an interesting angle to me to entice me in and keep my interested and with subjects that link directly to human conditioning and emotion i seem to be very drawn to.

Takaharue Tezuka – the best kindergarten you’ve ever seen

I just felt really inspired and happy after watching this, it made me understand things in a different way and learn new things about architecture

 

Esther Perel – Rethinking infidelity 

This ted talk imposes some really interesting ideas about the ways in which we think about infidelity and the ideals surrounded by it such as mongaomy which infact is a very misused term, just as much as infidelity

 

Aspen Baker – A better way to talk abortion

 

Ted Talks, but who is Ted?

Ted talks is one of those terms that are thrown around these days that you know of what they are and the generalness but not actually anything more than that so it will be interesting to be able to understand what a ted talk is and how they are used and even more relevant how it can be used to create content for this project.

Ted talks is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks.

at first appearance your generic ted talks looks like a gospel preaching to its choir, all the right people in the right room to listen to a guy talk about the right things. but nothing is always so black and white there are a lot of ted talks that spark controversy although throughout my researching and reading online there is a lot of speculation as to the very controlled nature of content submitted to the public through this domain.

Final product for field part 2 – Tipping point!

https://online.flippingbook.com/view/495913/

Editorial – 3D section – Joseph Cornell

The 3D section within the editorial project follows after the illustration section where we were focusing our talents upon creating a polished, publication worthy illustration. Now what is being asked of us is to translate our idea’s into a 3D outcome using the same article but conveying a different message/outlook in the final outcome. I’m excited about the prospect of this part of the project as it allows me to think with a different head, that of a curator or fine artist thinking about how space and presentation of said work is going to affect its effectiveness.

One of the points in the brief is to work using a box format, much like the renowned box man himself: Joseph Cornell. It says to say that Cornells work is a museum extravaganza of collected and refined artworks that tell a lot about different themes and features (box dependant) this ability to be very fluid and constructive with materials is something i very much admire as i myself am not much of a 3D thinker but that doesn’t mean i wouldn’t like to be. i have this overwhelming urge to do everything all at once so i feel like this project as a whole is really catering for my enthusiasm.

reviewing an artist or artist research is a tedious and most objective method of reading artwork just as museums are piss poor places to experience art so i’m going to take a different route about understanding and making relevance to mr Cornells work.

5 words that instantly spring to mind when i am faced with this work.

Abstraction, Adorned, Depth, Intrigue, Hoarder.

condensing what the work makes me think about feels like i am actually considering the elements of it which then allows me to have a deeper conversation about the points i see arising from his work. Abstraction is something that often follows a lot of work that doesn’t make sense at first glance, it also sees itself attached to works of collage and avant garde film and just about anything that isn’t mundane and shit. but there’s a correlation there between actual real abstraction to the point of understanding being stripped as it has no objectifiable meaning and abstraction that just strays down the garden path from conceived norms and i feel like this falls in the middle because a lot of cornells work is about meanings, each box with its adornments and depth has a story behind it, a narrative… and that’s what i’m sure that this is being dropped into my illustration degree because as illustrators one of skillset must be armed with the ability to create narrative. from cornell i think i can learn a lot about not giving it all away through imagery, myself in my work like to be abrupt and up front with my messages whether this is through satirical portrayal or actual manifestation of the idea. as well as this he has a good palette and eye. Intrigue comes under the umbrella of the point i was making about narrative but intrigue is something that is more palpable, the elephant in the room. Its something that demands attention and i feel like his work beholds that very quality. 

Last but not least hoarder, i’m brought back to my logical and social reasoning here to tell me that this man is probably a hoarder, enjoys collecting but as you can tell from the images of his home he is an organised one.

 

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Editorial Gifs.

Gifs is the name of the game this week.

Notes from the briefing

we were given the oppurtunity to completley change the direction we were going in for this gif segment of the editorial project which was suprising something i was wanting to welcome with open arms, i have really been enjoying this rapid responce approach to creating work even with all of the pressure it comes with it really does show me that i am capable of a lot more than i originally thought i was and even if that only comes across to me in the form of my idea generation then i’m totally okay with that because from the begining of this project up untill now i have felt like i am actually making steady progression towards something maybe more important than improving my technical skill and that is my attitude and approach to work like editorial which could one day become my trade, my bread and butter. That isn’t to say that i haven’t felt like my work has benefitted from this project. I guess what i like about small time frame projects like this is that i have to really learn to prioritize and hone in my visual language to make something successful in terms of communicating what i need it to and the practice in this i feel is somewhat too short lived in terms of course structure! i’d definatly love more editorial based projects but i guess thats what the real world is for… anyway back to the actual point, the brief.

with the world of online and virtual communication thriving it only makes sense that the art world is moving at a steady pace alongside this exspansion and gifs have actually become a well recognised partner to an illustrators ability. Combining the narrative based nature that a illustration can posses and making this go that one step futher into a formed animated version of the concept at hand, Gifs are being used everywhere on the internet from social media to journalism and advertisement so learning these skills and applying them is going to be an interesting experience to say the least.

the notes i have taken from the brief are mainly just names of gif artists that were reccomended to look at but also thrown in their is some sparesley placed golden nuggets of advice about creating illustrations/gifs such as;

• Decision making, the fine line between literal and abstract:
  The ability to think about how much you want your work to give away, coensiding with the text does the visual language need to explain exactly what is going on or does it need to be more abstract and obscure so that the viewer needs to spend time with the piece to begin to grasp the idea in full (this is something that could be argued with gifs as the animated nature of it can lead to making work that leans toward the explanatory nature of context)
• The power of illustration, the need to slow down time:
  This is kind’ve continuing on from the last point about spending time with a piece of work to understand it fully, an illustrations main job is to illuminate something that may not be recognised otherwise and with the context at hand (illustrating for a article) a lot of people are either going to be reading the whole article or skimming so your illustration needs to adhere to the base need of the user to communicate idea’s visually to them.
• cliche cliche’s, the power of association:
  after the workshop the other day it highlighted the presence of cliche within basic idea generation and association, and this i think is something that has a concious place within the mind of a creative and influences heavily how a piece takes form. the main thing i have taken from that workshop that is cliches aren’t the devil, if you choose to embrace them or neglect them when creating they are still evidently releveant either way.

Milesstone 2

I’m lumping two and three together because i really don’t feel like i touched upon the requirements of these in the format in which i was meant to and reflecting upon it now is giving me the ability to recap upon where i am with my work.

MILESTONE 2: Concept Sketch – Tuesday 26^th January

so these are the proposed time scales and areas in which are meant to co-exsist with each other in the progression of the field project.

I feel like my progression was stunted when it came to meeting the demands of the concept sketch as i was exsisting in a group that was brainstorming towards an idea that i wasn’t as excited and engaged with as i should have been so my decision to go rogue has made it so that i am a lot slower with my progression of my idea’s and sketches but atleast i am motivated and confident in my idea.

Feedback w/ Wendy 28/01/2016

Me and wendy didn’t really have much to talk about because my idea is quite grounded in terms of direction, it was more of just smoothing out a few kinks in approach

(my very sparse notes from the short conversation we had)

What i got from the conversation is the same thing i normally get at this stage in my work is the advice that states for me ‘not to make it too complicated and keep it simples’ and too some extent this disagree’s with my perfectionist nature. I feel personally that i do strive to make things a lot more complex that need be because i tend to have ideas that surpass my fingers abilities but i’m going to try and reign it in to make a very successful and thought out piece of design and if i have time i will explore into the wider idea of designing the whole coffee morning but at this moment in time i’m sticking to just recipe cards (as advised by wendy).

Anna Bhushan Session // Introduction to Wellbeing ft meditation and Flow within creative practice (longest title ever)

This blog post is just to recap on some of the idea’s / concepts explored in anna’s presentation

Flow is always a word that i’ve known and experienced but never really put into context in the way that posititve pyscology does and even futher so i’m very much a beginer in putting it to practice in the methods that anna’s has been teaching but it has definatly made me a lot more aware of its presence within my life and its postitive and negative effects that help sculpt my experience of the world.

Words associated with flow; in the zone, focus, flux.

new terminology: Positive psycology

What does it mean?

Positive Psychology is the scientific study of human flourishing, and an applied approach to optimal functioning. It has also been definedas the study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals, communities and organisations to thrive.

Reflection on flow and what it means to me:

I think the most memorable times of flow that i can recall (kind’ve defeats the point) are probably when exercising or creating. Working towards a goal in the rhythmn of flow means relying on instinct and the guidance of the motivated brain to continously work and be consumed in this moment and i don’t think this is something that is fully recognised untill you are out of the ‘flow’ of things and you realise the concentration that you have centered upon said task.

Although for me this is a sometimes unachieveable state to be in because i think it heavily relies upon mind set and situation in almost a ritualistic check list that must be performed before a state of flow can be achieved

instead of listing this in a very dull manner please enjoy a illustration

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“True, the arrow-maker perceives nothing beyond his work when he is buried in it; but he has nevertheless consciousness and control over his body.” –Shankaracharya 8th C

Milestone (3) concept.

Today presentation was interesting and eye opening to the range of idea’s being produced by the group as a whole within my field group. The main benefit i got from today was hearing about different peoples idea’s and how that can open up to a new pathways and collabarations upon hearing everyones pitches.

I was very anxious about the presentation and pitching my idea to the client even though i knew it was in a somewhat not so serious enviroment and it didn’t have to be as developed as i kept telling myself. I Think it was just general anxiety about speaking to a group of people i don’t know and this is a strange feeling for me because i’m normally quite good at public speaking. After deciding last week that it would be the best idea for me to split off from the group i was originally in due to a lack of creative commonality in idea and approach, it felt very relieving and worrying to be ‘working on my own’ as i know this project is meant to promote collabaration and its own kind’ve social sustainability. and this has me really questioning what kind’ve person i am in terms of where i fit in in a creative team of people.

I Think as an illustrator (and most of my peers will probably agree here) is a very selfish and selfless act all at once as we can be very much worried and passionate about the direction in which work is going in a collabarative team and maybe to some extent this has been my down fall and i should have stuck with the group, But as i said i didn’t feel it was progressing creativley in a direction that i wanted to be in. However from this point on i am going to make a concious effort to try and communicate and invite people into my work a lot more and if this happens to develop a collabarative oppurtunity i will definatly take it up.

The general feedback for my idea was positive and excited towards the outcome.

( a somewhat shabby photo of the ‘after presentation’ where the clients and students could view my idea in more depth)